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This is actually the most fun in the 2023 season

none of you idiots guessed trayce thompson

Can you imagine how excited Hahn is to get to spend on relievers again this coming offseason?

For Abreu yeah?

Good. Now get Cease traded and tear this fucker down.

Clearing out a bad overpaid bullpen and adding depth to a depleted farm system. It looks like someone is cleaning up someone elses mistakes.

Now he goes to the worst development machine. Sorry big guy

Before we congratulate the Sox too much on these deals for recent college pitchers Bush and Nastrini, I would like to point out that in the 2021 draft the Dodgers got Nastrini in the 4th round (bonus $500,000) and Ed Sheehan (who's in the majors) in the 6th round (bonus $244,500) which combine to be less than the Sox paid their top college pitching target Sean Burke in the third round ($900,000 bonus). Burke can't get the ball over the plate when he's healthy, and he hasn't been healthy. It's either scouting or pitching development or both, but the inability of the Sox to turn ANYONE they draft into an actual asset is why they suck.

Yasmani, you're up next

I'm laughing about thompson, but Nastrini is BA's 10th prospect on the dodger 30

wait is there a forum he can't enter without permission like a vampire?

I would like an experienced manager with no previous ties to the Sox organization, but instead to a winning organization.

He's hitting .155 and making almost $1.5 million. He's doing OK.

Shocked they got anything of value for those two. Nastrini is our best pitching prospect close to the majors.

Someone's going to have to convince me Colson and Noah aren't our top two prospects

Funny thing is the guy I always wanted was in the opposite dugout tonight

I would have given Graveman away for free just to rid ourselves of his salary for next year. This is a great return for a guy not living up to his contract.

Uh....absolutely, I'll take that return for Kendall Graveman. Tear it down, Rick!

I want chaos ?

Seriously, who cares what happens the rest of the way.

legit blown away that the sox actually get to take advantge of a seller's market. In years past sox would have to eat money and be happy to get the relief prospect alone. This year they get the #9 prospect in a stacked dodger system with #4 potential along with a really good looking relief arm and a warm body, all the while not having to ship any money.

Ironically - the White Sox really need someone like Thompson, just because they've had no backup CF pretty much all year and Luis Robert might well just crumble to dust at his current usage rate.

Dodgers 9th prospect on the MLB.com list. That's a pretty tolerable return for these 2.

nightengale getting scoops makes me think KW may in fact be riding in on a horse.

Not much fun being had at this old ballpark and I'm not looking forward to another rebuild with this FO in charge!

If the Sox lose tonight, it will be the 2nd at least 7 game losing streak of the season They have had a total of two 7 game winning streaks in the 11 years Rick Hahn has been GM. Can you fire him today?

I think so, the hiring of TLR might have been JR’s worst move in his 42 years of nothing but horrible moves.

I know. Kinda joking I think all of us would have taken another year of Ricky vs La Russa if we had the choice. By all accounts it seemed like the players loved playing for Ricky and the clubhouse seemed way more loose and had fun.

He wasn't willing to sign an extension for significantly below market value, therefore the Sox weren't interested. Good luck filling out a viable rotation in 2024 and beyond without Lucas in it. Not getting an extension done with him will be a huge mistake.

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Leasure looks like an interesting pen prospect. 1.057 WHIP, 14.4 k/9 v. 4.1 bb/p this season.

Rick backing that truck up Poor Trayce, he thought his worst days were behind him

lmao

There's probably a delay because Hahn hung up before they discussed a return. KW: Who's coming back? Hahn: What? KW: From LA. Who are they sending? Hahn: You mean a driver for Lance and Joe? KW: Hahn: Should I drive them to the airport?

i'm not touching you normies

I don't buy the excuse necessarily but, anecdotally speaking, people can have very different reactions to COVID. I got it twice and was completely fine a week later, a friend of mine got it and still doesn't breathe well or taste certain foods years later. Yoan wearing that mask during the Yankees series was kind of telling.

I don't know if this was posted on SoxTalk earlier here or in another post and if it was sorry for the redundancy. Lucas Giolito is starting tonight for the Angels at the Blue Jays. I hope he has a great game and can show Hahn and Jerry what a losing embarrassment they both are. Actually Gio pitched well against the Blue Jays earlier this year in his one outing vs. the Blue Jays. He gave up only 2 runs through 6 innings and left with a 3-2 lead. Go figure though, Kelly gave up 2 more runs in relief and the Sox lost 4-3.

The White Sox are like that glass of Coke you let sit out the day before, you know it's flat and disgusting but like an idiot you still take a sip and then act surprised when it's awful

Well said. I agree with you that Covid crap is ridiculous. There are tons of pro athletes who had covid and are excelling in their sport. Maybe if Moncada would have had maintained better nutritional habits and had better physical training, he might have been able to keep that lean weight and continue to play 2nd base which is what he was brought here for.

Stop with the COVID excuse please, and yes his eating a box of Twinkies a day would draw concern from a Doctor or a nutritionist. Think Derek Rose and his skittles or whatever candy he was consuming in mass. Can't be good for your health or body. Look at pictures of Yoan from his rookie year when he was lean and didn't look like a linebacker with a body more conducive to baseball than football.

If we didn't fire Ricky we don't hire Tony.

No. Hiring LaRussa did.

Wanted to stay on his financial terms

Respect his feelings on that.. but thats not how life usually works even outside pro sports. Most of us are expendable or will be so. If you are looking for loyalty - pets are your best bet.